, EZRA, funeral director
and furniture dealer, was born in Dauphin county, February 12, 1865. He is a son
of Jacob and Sarah Fackler. His father was of German extraction, and of the
fourth generation in this country. He died at Steelton, Pa., in 1881, at the age
of forty-six years. His mother is still living, and resides in the city of
Harrisburg. Their family consisted of six children: Ezra L., John H., Sarah,
Katie, Adeline, and Jennie. Ezra L. Fackler received the rudiments of his
education in the public schools of Lower Paxton township, and it was completed
in the high school of Steelton, Pa. He embarked in the undertaking business at
the age of nineteen years, at Steelton, and has continued in it to the present
time. Mr. Fackler is a man of strict integrity and is held in high esteem for
his honorable business methods; his character is without a blemish. He was
married, in 1883, to Fannie Heinly, a daughter of Benniville and Catherine
Heinley. Their children are Samuel S. and Charles C. Fackler.